The Nets head coaching search eventually filtered down to two candidates, Jason Kidd and Indiana Pacers assistant Brian Shaw, said general manager Billy King.

In actuality at the end, there was only one, Kidd, even while Shaw went through a lengthy interview on Wednesday.

“I’m disappointed because I did not speak to Billy directly but I did give him permission to talk to him and wrote him a note letting him know what I thought [about Shaw],” said Pacers president of basketball operations Donnie Walsh Thursday. “He’s going to be a great head coach. Great head coach.”

“It was the way the schedule worked out. When I reached out to [Shaw], his schedule was going to take him back to California for a family function. While he was out there he was going to meet the Clippers and then he was coming in,” King said. “Before he even got on the plane I told his agent, Jason was very good. But I said I wanted to sit down with Brian and it’s down to these two and I’ll make a quick decision.” -30-